wegobomber31

he was playing the Titleist when he won the AJGA

Rather than manipulating the exemption criteria, they could just fix the rankings to do what it's supposed to. Then you wouldn't have to force anything. To your point, there are only 18 American's in the top 100 of the Women's Rolex rankings. The men's OWGR is about 50/50. You'd expect similar splits in WAGR if it's doing it's job, unless American junior (boys) suddenly get better when they get to college.

Who are these 2025's that didn't bother trying to qualifying? Are we sure they aren't just too old to compete now? 19 year olds: Kihei Akina JD Culbreth Willie Gordon Peyton Blackard Jon Ed Steed Griffin Barke Duke Heise Cameron Phillips Kent Karlstrom

Rd 2 was almost half a stroke easier at TF in Round 2 vs. Round 1. I think what you're seeing is these hard cut-offs in full units and no more than 4 stroke upper adjustment. Rd 1 at Brook Hollow was definitely that toughest of the week.

This is not so thinly veiled directed at me, I'll just say that I think accountability to published standards is fair game. I've been pretty consistent with that. AJGA says every tournament has spots for sponsors, host clubs, etc. This is laid out clear as day, so I don't know how anyone can get bent out of shape about it. This is the mission statement of WAGR: WAGR® Mission Statement The World Amateur Golf Ranking® / WAGR®, which comprises a women’s ranking and a men’s ranking for elite amateur players, is offered by The R&A and the USGA® as a global service to golf. Our purpose is to Accurately rank players as they compete in competitions To provide a ranking system that enables players to compare with each other even though they may not directly compete against each other in events To stimulate ambition in players and federations to succeed in development of their game and golfing ability Through incorporation and assessment worldwide of both amateur and professional events, WAGR aims to be globally recognised as the ultimate ranking system for amateur golf. I think they do need avenues to spark interest and provide pathways into the game, but that could easily come through a qualifying exemption from a country and region. Give the Jordanian Golf federation that chance to identify and send their best golfer. U.S. golfers basically have 3 ways to get in (WAGR exemption, win your state junior, or qualify) whereas most international players only have one -- and some do a pretty good job of gaming a flawed system to get in.